KNOX – Ten takeaways from the 2021 federal election
TEN TAKEAWAYS from election night: 1) Hey, did you ever get in the car with this fantastic destination in mind, but kind of get lost and drive around aimlessly for 36 days, [Continue]
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KNOX – Crossing party lines in the name of human decency
WHEN THE RABID RABBLE went after Justin Trudeau on the weekend, one of the first to leap to his defence was a political opponent. “I hope every candidate and incumbent will [Continue]
KNOX – Momentum is shifting, get on the vaccine passport bus or move over
THE SAY SMART LEADERS don’t drag people places they’re not ready to go. It’s better to get people onside first, convince them that they want to eat a meal instead of [Continue]
KNOX – Double-vaxxed? and other questions for the candidates
FIRST QUESTION for election candidates: Are you double-vaxxed? Second question: If not, is that because A) you have a medical condition that precludes it, or B) you think [Continue]
KNOX – Wildfire reality is slow to sink in outside the B.C. Interior
I CAN’T THINK of Monte Lake without thinking of the log boom. Wouldn’t want to slip between the logs, my mother said as we drove past. You might not find your way back [Continue]
KNOX – A sesquicentennial quiz to put B.C. Day long weekend in perspective
RIGHT, THE B.C. DAY LONG WEEKENDight, a time when the people of this province traditionally celebrate who they are by racing to the outlet stores at Bellingham. Not this [Continue]
KNOX – Will climate fears douse the flames in the house that May built?
THE 2011 FEDERAL ELECTION campaign coincided with the Canucks’ run to the Stanley Cup finals. So, it was no surprise when those on stage at an all-candidates forum in [Continue]
KNOX – Dampening the mood on progress against the pandemic
BEING A GLASS-ONE-FIFTH-EMPTY kind of guy, I had to dampen the mood. It came Friday as Island Health celebrated the injection of its millionth dose of COVID vaccine. “Who [Continue]
KNOX – Shaken by a handshake – the future of post-pandemic protocols
I SHOOK SOMEONE’S HAND this week. It felt like I cheated on my wife. Really, after a year and a half of self-conscious elbow bumps and sheepish head nods, it seemed wrong. [Continue]
KNOX – One last current events quiz as the school year comes to a close
GOOD MORNING, CLASS. As the school year ends, please note that studies warn the “summer slide” — that is, the loss of knowledge during vacation — typically costs [Continue]
KNOX – A Father’s Day tale: how Francis Rattenbury’s son overcame family tragedy
EVEN WITHOUT THE MURDER, it would have been hard to live under the weight of his famous but scandal-tinged father’s name. Yet John Rattenbury, orphaned by homicide and [Continue]
KNOX – ‘Your call is important to us, please stay on the line’
I GOT A MESSAGE from Facebook this morning. “Jack,” it began, “we care about you and the memories that you share.” Enclosed, thoughtfully, was a photo I had posted [Continue]
KNOX – A two-block stretch on the road to uncertain change
JOSEPH TRUTCH was an odious man. He was racist not only in word but in action. As B.C.’s pre-Confederation land commissioner, he was contemptuous of Indigenous people, used [Continue]
KNOX – Climate crisis didn’t end just because we’ve been fixated on plague
THREE YEARS AGO, a veteran forest campaigner was on the phone, bemoaning how little attention green-minded people were paying to the logging of old-growth on Vancouver [Continue]
